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Like a prehistoric leviathan, emerging from the forest primeval.

Better a speedo on a train than a Speedo on a fat man!

It *does* look kinda narrow...

6266 almost looks like it's toppling over.

More outstanding use of IR.

Oooh... stairs...

As usual, fantastic IR!

Awesome.
<3

Yeah, the texture really pops in this one.

In my comments on another picture I mentioned a former client who had a phobia of showers after several decades of institutionalization. I never was able to get a completely accurate description of what had happened during showers in the institution, but the image I have formed in my mind, sadly, fits well with this photograph. Bits and pieces I have gathered have included a large room, many patients, benches along the walls, and the impression that "showers" were from staff with a hose rather than from plumbing fixtures. I hesitate to post this, because I know some will likely jump on it as yet more evidence of how these facilities, although started with the very best of intentions, came to be staffed with sadistic predators who victimized the patients every moment of every day. What is absolutely crucial to remember is that virtually every staff person did the very best he or she could with what was available for doing the job. There was never enough money, never enough space, never enough help, never enough material, never enough time. THAT is what we must never forget--what happens when we set impossible standards and then turn our backs. I am not posting this to sensationalize what may have happened (again, I am just saying that this picture matches pretty closely the image I had formed in my mind from patchy bits of recollections I was given, not to say that I KNOW how this room was used), but to say that neither can we hide from the truth. I really hope my mind's picture is wrong. Also, the person to whom I am referring had developmental disabilities and was not able to bathe independently. Situations may have been different in facilities for patients with mental illness (although often the two populations were mixed in those years, so trying to clarify only makes the picture muddier).

How unusual.

That's a sign I'd want to have.

does anyone remember my grandad he was known for his yoodiling xx his name was stan cross

Looks like Mordor xD
great gallery!!

AWESOME!!!